Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Tanzania

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Tanzania in 2021 — 38.8%. Ranked 151 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.8 pp.

2021 38.8% +1.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 151of 185
Period maximum 38.8%2021
Period minimum 16.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Tanzania, 2000–202110203040200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.9%2010: 25.1%2015: 31.1%2019: 37.2%2020: 37.5%2021: 38.8%
Change over the period: +21.8 pp Annual average: 1.04 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 38.8%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 38.8 +1.3 pp
2020 37.5 +0.3 pp
2019 37.2
2015 31.1
2010 25.1
2000 16.9

About the indicator

The share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in the total number of deaths during a year. This group takes in cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and the remaining conditions that do not pass from person to person. The three shares — noncommunicable diseases, infections and injuries — together make up a hundred percent, so they have to be read only together: a rise in one share means a fall in the other two and does not by itself say that people started dying of that cause more often.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: the correct weight is the total number of deaths, and all we have is the death rate, not the absolute number. A share, not a level: in countries with high life expectancy it is close to 90% because infections have been beaten.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.